PHI 2600 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Deontological Ethics, Hypothetical Imperative, Categorical Imperative
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Problem of application: the problem of measuring the impact of the consequences of those affected. The problem of unjust distribution: the ideal observer its quite capable of allowing all of the unpleasant consequences of an action to fall on one person. Advantageous consequences are sufficiently numerous to counterbalance the consequences suffered by the hapless victim. The problem of special relations: someone you know is supposed to have the same value as so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e (cid:455)ou do(cid:374)(cid:859)t k(cid:374)o(cid:449). The problem of dirty hands: whether is our hands which do the dirty work; and the consequentialist method, because it systematically treats everyone as indistinguishably the same, militates against concern. Good will: self-conscious disposition to act from a morally commendable way. Acting f(cid:396)o(cid:373) dut(cid:455)(cid:859)s sake = dut(cid:455) alo(cid:374)e is the (cid:373)oti(cid:448)ati(cid:374)g fa(cid:272)to(cid:396). That it cannot become a universal law because it fails the first rule that it cannot be conceived without any contradiction. (24)
